GlobalCatalog.GetGlobalCatalog(DirectoryContext) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory

Assembly:

System.DirectoryServices.dll

Source:

GlobalCatalog.cs

Retrieves a GlobalCatalog object for the specified context.

public:
 static System::DirectoryServices::ActiveDirectory::GlobalCatalog ^ GetGlobalCatalog(System::DirectoryServices::ActiveDirectory::DirectoryContext ^ context);

public static System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.GlobalCatalog GetGlobalCatalog (System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.DirectoryContext context);

static member GetGlobalCatalog : System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.DirectoryContext -> System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.GlobalCatalog

Public Shared Function GetGlobalCatalog (context As DirectoryContext) As GlobalCatalog

Parameters

context

DirectoryContext

An DirectoryContext object that contains the target and credentials to use to retrieve the object. The target of the context must be a domain controller.

Returns

GlobalCatalog

An GlobalCatalog object that represents the global catalog server that was found.

Exceptions

ActiveDirectoryObjectNotFoundException

A connection to the target specified in context could not be made.

ArgumentNullException

context is null.

ArgumentException

context is not valid.

See also

• DirectoryContext